"Back by popular demand" are the first words of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's press release about the relaunch of our joint—and immensely beloved—Poetry in Motion Program in the subway cars of New York City. (You can read all about the ceremony at Grand Central Terminal and the marvelous expansion of the program in the news articles referenced in our website section "Just in now.") Read Full Post

03/20/12 by
PSA

The Poetry Society of America is honored to announce that Wanda Coleman is the 2012 recipient of the organization's Shelley Memorial Award, presented annually to a living American poet selected with reference to his or her genius and need by a jury of poets. This year's judges were Gary Young, appointed by the president of the University of California at Berkeley and Rigoberto Gonzalez appointed by the Poetry Society of America. Read Full Post